Every day, thirteen year old Henry Bats has his usual bowl of Sugar
Slugs, helps tend Cobalt Sidewinders at Frank's Peculiar Pets, and keeps
to himself with his comic book collection. Just your typical day in
Grimworld, where the sky is always dark and shadows lurk in the streets.
What's not typical is a suspicious Nightspook luring Henry into a
cemetery in the middle of the night with the promise of a prized comic
book. The Nightspook steals part of Henry's lifespan with a pocket
watch, which begins counting down to his death. Henry is running out of
time, and the pocket watch won't stop ticking...